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1999 New York Mets

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1998 / 2000

97-66, Finished 2nd in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bobby Valentine (97-66)
Scored 853 runs, Allowed 711 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 95-68

Ballparks: Shea Stadium · Attendance: 2,725,668 (7th of 16)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 96

Postseason:  Lost NL Championship Series (4-2) to Atlanta Braves
Won NL Division Series (3-1) over Arizona Diamondbacks

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1998 / 2000 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Benny Agbayani 27 R R 6' 0" 225 Dec 28, 1971 2 101 70 101 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 4 45 96 2 28 0 0.7 $200,000
Edgardo Alfonzo 25 R R 5' 11" 210 Aug 11, 1973 5 158 158 158 158 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.7 $2,800,000
Jermaine Allensworth 27 R R 6' 0" 178 Jan 11, 1972 4 40 13 40 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 14 15 39 0 9 5 0.1 $284,000
Rigo Beltran 29 L L 5' 11" 185 Nov 13, 1969 3 21 0 20 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Armando Benitez 26 R R 6' 4" 180 Nov 3, 1972 6 77 0 72 77 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 $2,037,500
Bobby Bonilla 36 B R 6' 3" 210 Feb 23, 1963 14 60 28 60 29 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 23 25 3 31 0 -1.5 $5,900,000
Roger Cedeno 24 B R 6' 1" 165 Aug 16, 1974 5 155 115 155 149 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 21 127 161 0 19 5 1.1 $487,500
Dennis Cook 36 L L 6' 3" 185 Oct 4, 1962 12 71 0 66 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $2,000,000
Octavio Dotel 25 R R 6' 0" 220 Nov 25, 1973 1st 19 14 18 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $200,000
Shawon Dunston 36 R R 6' 1" 175 Mar 21, 1963 15 42 15 42 28 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 16 5 30 0 19 1 0.1 $
John Franco 38 L L 5' 10" 170 Sep 17, 1960 16 46 0 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $2,950,000
Matt Franco 29 L R 6' 2" 200 Aug 19, 1969 5 122 17 122 49 2 0 19 0 12 0 15 0 3 18 4 88 0 -0.2 $250,000
Shane Halter 29 R R 5' 10" 160 Nov 8, 1969 3 7 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 5 $235,000
Darryl Hamilton 34 L R 6' 1" 180 Dec 3, 1964 11 55 45 55 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 0 52 0 6 0 1.0 $
Rickey Henderson HOF 40 R L 5' 10" 180 Dec 25, 1958 21 121 114 121 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 116 0 0 116 1 5 0 1.7 $1,900,000
Orel Hershiser 40 R R 6' 3" 190 Sep 16, 1958 17 32 32 31 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $2,500,000
Jason Isringhausen 26 R R 6' 3" 235 Sep 7, 1972 4 13 5 11 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Bobby Jones 29 R R 6' 4" 210 Feb 10, 1970 7 12 9 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $4,866,666
Mike Kinkade 26 R R 6' 1" 210 May 6, 1973 2 28 9 28 21 0 1 1 0 3 0 12 0 8 20 0 11 2 -0.1 $200,000
Al Leiter 33 L L 6' 2" 200 Oct 23, 1965 13 32 32 29 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $5,250,000
Terrence Long 23 L L 6' 1" 190 Feb 29, 1976 1st 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.1 $200,000
Luis Lopez 28 B R 5' 11" 175 Sep 4, 1970 6 68 16 68 51 0 0 0 16 9 33 0 0 0 0 0 30 5 -0.1 $575,000
Pat Mahomes 28 R R 6' 1" 175 Aug 9, 1970 7 41 0 40 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.1 $310,000
Josias Manzanillo 31 R R 6' 0" 190 Oct 16, 1967 6 13 0 13 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $200,000
Chuck McElroy 31 L L 6' 0" 160 Oct 1, 1967 11 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.2 $
Greg McMichael 32 R R 6' 3" 215 Dec 1, 1966 7 19 0 18 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $1,950,000
Brian McRae 31 B R 6' 0" 175 Aug 27, 1967 10 96 78 96 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 0 87 0 13 0 -2.7 $3,750,000
Melvin Mora 27 R R 5' 11" 200 Feb 2, 1972 1st 66 3 66 51 0 0 0 4 3 1 28 11 8 47 0 17 10 0.0 $200,000
Dan Murray 25 R R 6' 1" 193 Nov 21, 1973 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
John Olerud 30 L L 6' 5" 205 Aug 5, 1968 11 162 159 162 160 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.3 $4,250,000
Rey Ordonez 28 R R 5' 9" 160 Jan 11, 1971 4 154 151 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.7 $1,650,000
Jay Payton 26 R R 5' 10" 185 Nov 22, 1972 2 13 0 13 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 7 0 5 6 0.2 $
Mike Piazza 30 R R 6' 3" 200 Sep 4, 1968 8 141 136 141 137 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 4.3 $7,171,428 All-Star
Todd Pratt 32 R R 6' 3" 195 Feb 9, 1967 7 71 29 71 53 0 52 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 27 1 0.7 $350,000
Rick Reed 34 R R 6' 0" 195 Aug 16, 1964 11 27 26 25 27 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.6 $1,687,500
Kenny Rogers 34 L L 6' 1" 200 Nov 10, 1964 11 12 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Glendon Rusch 24 L L 6' 2" 170 Nov 7, 1974 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Jeff Tam 28 R R 6' 1" 202 Aug 19, 1970 2 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $207,500
Billy Taylor 37 R R 6' 8" 200 Oct 16, 1961 5 18 0 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Jorge Toca 24 R R 6' 3" 220 Jan 7, 1975 1st 4 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 $
Robin Ventura 31 L R 6' 1" 185 Jul 14, 1967 11 161 157 161 160 0 0 1 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6.7 $7,000,000
Allen Watson 28 L L 6' 3" 195 Nov 18, 1970 7 14 4 13 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $750,000
Turk Wendell 32 B R 6' 2" 185 May 19, 1967 7 80 0 74 80 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $1,214,998
Vance Wilson 26 R R 5' 11" 190 Mar 17, 1973 1st 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $200,000
Masato Yoshii 34 R R 6' 2" 210 Apr 20, 1965 2 31 29 29 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $2,000,000
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Vance Wilson
Robin Ventura
John Olerud
Melvin Mora
Todd Pratt
Rey Ordonez
Shane Halter
Shawon Dunston

Edgardo Alfonzo
Matt Franco
Luis Lopez
Darryl Hamilton
Roger Cedeno
Masato Yoshii
Al Leiter
Pat Mahomes

Rickey Henderson
Bobby Bonilla
Terrence Long
Billy Taylor
Dennis Cook
Bobby Jones
Octavio Dotel
Jorge Toca
Allen Watson
Mike Piazza

Mike Kinkade
Chuck McElroy
Rick Reed
Greg McMichael
Jeff Tam
Josias Manzanillo
Rigo Beltran
Jason Isringhausen
Jay Payton

John Franco
Jermaine Allensworth
Dan Murray
Glendon Rusch
Armando Benitez
Benny Agbayani
Orel Hershiser
Brian McRae
Kenny Rogers

Turk Wendell

1998 / 2000 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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